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| Study: Sea's Thermostat Protects Reefs BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Some coral reefs may be protected from global warming by a natural thermostat that regulates sea-surface temperatures in the open ocean, researchers said Wednesday.... hosted.ap.org |
Great Lakes Officials Seek Aid From U.S. and Canada Regional government agencies around the Great Lakes say they need help to protect the lakes from invasive species, contaminated sediment and sewage overflows. nytimes.com |
Observatory: They May Not Use Gasoline, but They Sure Burn Through Water Switching to electric cars would reduce dependency on oil, but few consider the how surge in electricity usage would impact our water supply. nytimes.com |
Sex and Financial Risk Linked in Brain WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new brain-scan study may help explain what's going on in the minds of financial titans when they take risky monetary gambles - sex. When young men were shown erotic pictures, they were more likely to make a larger financial gamble than if they were shown a picture of something scary, such a snake, or something neutral, such as a stapler, university researchers reported.... hosted.ap.org |
Appeals court spares sea lions in Ore. river, for now PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- A federal appeals court handed an animal rights group a partial victory in a dispute over the fate of California sea lions in the Columbia River, allowing some to be trapped but none to be killed this spring.... hosted.ap.org |